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VOL 1 HO 22
MILITARY MATTERS
Original Company D Anxious to
Enlist
But Will Not Serve Under Gaines
Gov Bradley Says Its Too
Late
The best citizens of Hopkinsville
regardless of party are taking- a
hand in the much mixed military
muddle They arc backing the La
tham Light Guards and upholding
their action in returning home
under rattier severe disrepu
table appointee of Gov Brad
ley They are determined to
know the reason why the Governor
hasdenied them the right to choose
their own officers and attempted to
thrust his Henchmen at their head
over the officers of their own choice
They are determined to know why
these able bodied well drilled pa
triotic young men can not have an
equal chance with the Companies
from sister cities toiight the battles
of their country
The boys who returned are anx
ious to go to the front as an organ
ization Nearly every member of
the old Company is here and while
indignant over the treatment they
received at the hands of Bradley
and Collier their patriotism has not
waned and their enthusiasm for the
cause which has called American
manhood to arms has suffered no
diminution
They are ready to organize and
go to Lexington at a moments no
tice with the old Company as a
nucleus commanded by officers of
their own choice subject to the ap
proval of the Governor
The following telegram was sent
to Governor Bradley yesterday aft
ernoon by citizens and county of
ficials
Ilopkinsville Ky May 23
Wm O Bradley
Governor of Ky
The citizens of Hopkinsville are
very much disappointed over the
disbandment of Company D
which enlisted at thia place under
Capt John Feland Jr This Com
pany was composed of a fine lot of
young men who if they had been
mustered in the United States ser
vice would have reflected credit
upon the State and would have
been a source of pride to the com
munity which furnished them
We the undersigned citizens of
Hopkinsville would respectfully re
quest your excellency to authorize
the reorganization of a Company
from this section to be known as
Company D of the Third Regi
ment of Kentucky Volunteers
And in this connection we
would represent upon the state
ment and promise of many of the
best young men who composed the
said original Company that they
Will furnish a full Company of able
bodied men on or before Friday
May 27 nearly one half of whom
have already been examined and
pronounced elegible for service
JWie onlv condition which they
make is that they shall be al
lowed to elect their own j offi
cers subject to your- approval
We sincerely hope that your ex
cellency may iinci it consistent
with your plans to authorise the
enlistment of this Company and to
grant the privilege herein asked to
elect their own officers
Very respectful
J J Landes O H Anderson
James Breathitt Polk Cansler
JbhnP Prowse Matt Starling C
Mtham
Amhourlntcr Judge Landes re
ceivedUliis response from the Gov
ernor
Hon Joseph I Landes aid oth
ers Col Smith says Regiment
will be full to morrow Demand for
a completion so urgent can not wait
W 0 Bbaimsy
The statement of the chief execu
tive was received by the boys with
uisuusi mm mui vuuiuy xi iuci
many of them believe that his Ex
cellency had misrepresented facts
it was decided to wire Col Castle
man of the First Regiment asking
for room in his company This
telegram was accordingly sent
Col Jno B Castleman Camp
Bradley Lexington - Lath a in
Light Guards yill apt serve under
Games Uaye you room for them
In vour Regijntmt Officered to
man Governors spproyaj Full
v
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been received
to this at the hour of going to press
Sergt Phelps Denial
George Phelps First Ser
geant of the late Latham Light
Guards requests the Kentuckian
to deny emphatically the statement
published in the Louisville and
Lexington papers and republished
here to thd fact that he had been
elected First Sergeant of the hybrid
company which Bradley Collier
Gaines Co are trying to recruit
at Lexington Mr Phelps was ap
proached by Gaines and offered the
position before the members of the
original and only Company D left
Lexington He told Gaines that he
would not serve under lfim and
would return with his companions
to Hopkinsville if Bradley insisted
upon foisting him upon the Com
pany Mr Phelps at that time
held his commissibn as First Ser
geant in the original Company He
is a gentleman and an efficient of
ficer and doesnt wish his name as
sociated with any company com
manded by such a character
Gaines
THE CAMPBELL SALE
The lot next to Mrs E V Gants
68 feetvfront brought 800 The
purchaser was Benj Rawlins
The lot adjoining Dr Cooks 85
feet front to Dr P E West for
1150
Nine lots in the rear on Fourth
street were sold as follows
To J W Pritchett one lot 130
G W Wiley one lot 140
J K Gant two lots 270
R II Holland five lots 530
Dr A Sargent one lot 175
The whole sale aggregated 5
595
Dr West who bought one of the
front lots will build atonce a hand
some residence s
BREACH OF PROMISE
The Plaintiff Wants Two Thous
and Dollar for Her Betrayed
S-
Affections
Eliza Whitelield vs Dee Brice is
the style of a breach of promise suit
filed in the circuit clerks office
Saturday The plaintiff says that
she is over twenty one years old
and a resideut of this county and
State In January1898 she became
acquainted with- defendant who
shortly thereafter began to court
her with a view to matrimony He
was persistent in his attentions
and in February he proposed mar
riage and was accepted in good
faith May 5th was agreed upon
as the date for the consummation of
their vows She says that under
promise of marriage the defendant
took advantage of her confidence
and betrayed her and refused and
still refuses to carry out his prom
ises to marry her She asks for a
judgment against him in the sum of
two thousand dollars The parties
to the action are colored
The above was in type yesterday
when an event transpired at the
court house which gives another
phase to the action
The defendant Dee Brice walk
ed into the clerks office accompanied
by a woman He wanted a pair of
license It happened that the
blanks were exhausted and Mr
Prowse informed the prospective
groom that he would have to wait
until apair cpuld be made He dis
patched a messenger to the Ken
tuckian office and a few minutes
later the desired article in blank
form w as ready to be filled out and
signed by the clerk1 When the
document was handed to ttife wait
ing groom t bore the name of Georjfe
EHa McRae The recent lover hd
completed the humiliation Ojf Slip
Whitwidc Ijy leading hr rival to
tbL altar
Hi v
HOPKINSVILLE KY TUESDAY MOENIM MAY 24 1898
as
Thirteen Lots Sold for an Aggre
gate of 5595-
The handsome residence proper
ty of the estate of the late E P
Campbell on Seventh street was
sold yesterday by the Christian
Coupty Abstract Company acting
as agent for John Stites Executor
The lots were 234x570 and 224x178
feet and were divided into thirteen
lots which were sold to the follow
ing parties
The residence was sold to Benj
Rawlins for 2405 80 feet front
MORE RUMORS
OF HEAVY FIRING
t
Furious CadAouading Heard
on the Cuban Coast
i
The Whereabouts ol the Oregon is Once
Aiuiciimjiveu in vuiuH v
Conflicting Reports Concerning Her Navy Department Says
Fleets Are at Sea ancli no News Expected Soon
Port Au Prince nayti May 23
Special A report from Port de
Paix dated Saturday says the
land telegraph was interrupted un
til to day Furious canonading
was heard on the 19th in the direc
tion of Cuba It was continued in a
lively fashion to day 21st
The Spanish report thit Guatamo
was bombarded by the Americans
and the sound of firing may have
come from there
Where is the Oregon Anyhow
London May 23 Special
Lloyds agent at Para Brazil re
ports the arrival of three American
warships there- to day The onl
such ships known bound north are
the Oregon Marietta and Nichthe
roy which left Bahia May 9 If
Lloyd is correct they are steaming
very slowly Other reports put
them off the Barbedoes
VvKey West May 23 Special
The Oregon has not arrived here
No News to Give Out
Washington D C May 23
Special The Naval authorities
state that no dispatches have been
received to day except one about
a small prize taken As the fleets
are now at sea no news is expected
until an engagement is reported b
dispatch boats or it is found that
Cervera has eluded our search
Reason For Delay
Washington D C May 23 One
reason for deferringthe invasion of
Cuba is a confidence on the part of
the president that if the Spanish
fleet is destroyed it will not be
necessary to send a large army
across the guif stream He be
lieves the Spaniards will give in
and Capt Gen Blanco will recehe
orders to surrender and i evacuate
on the bestterms he can get There
is so much confidence on this point
that the terms of evacuation have
already been discussed in Wash
ington The withdrawal of all the
Spanish forces fromCubaas rapidly
as possible will be demanded We
want no prisoners in this war If
the Spaniards yill agree to clear
out and Btay put they will be al
lowed to do so yith great pleasure
and may carry tliejr arms with
them
Another cause of the delay is the
presidentsreluctance to expose our
soldiers to the climate of Cuba and
heuhopea the next naval battle wjll
make it unnecessary JJurgeon
0eral Stern benjhof the at my who
sees thf president vTY dy Mop
A t
posed to undertaking any military
operations until after the rainy
season on the ground that the san
itary conditions in and around Ha
vana where the army will be
camped are not only naturally very
bad but have been aggravated in
most serious manner by the slaugh
ter and starvation of the rcconccn
trados From reliable reports re
ceived by him through the marine
hospital service he estimates that
2uii0 persons have died of star
vation
during the last twelve months 6-
000 from yellow fever 2500 from
enteric fever 12000 from dysen
tery 7000 from malarial fever and
5000 from smallpox and other dis
eases Nothing whatever has been
done to remove the cause or neu
tralize the results The dead have
not been properly buried and no
attempt has been to protect living
people from contagion Surgeon
General Sternberg has made a re
port on this subject to the presi
dent and it has had great weight
on him
Hake Fun of Our Blockade
Corunna Spain May 23 The
Spanish auxiliary cruiser Mont-
serrat arrived here unexpectedly
last evening from Cienfueyos hav
ing escaped the American blockad
ing ships Large crowds of people
thronged the quays and the mem
bers of the crew recei ved an ova
tion when they went ashore The
peoplp embraced the Captain and
officers of the steamer
The newspapers here claim that
the Monlscrrat thrice ran the
bloclcade of the Cuban coast as
the text the articles claiming to
point out that the blockade is inef
fective t is jiserted that the
Montserat lanfted JQOOOO peset
as a thousand soldiers 100 guns
15Q00riiles and a quantity of am
munition in Cuba
TH1 WEEKS PR0QRAA1
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Little Prospect of Catching the
7 Wily Cervera
r
Washington D C May 23 No
possible contingency can now arise
accordjng to the War Department
officials to prevent an invasion of
Cuba during the present week
Those in direct control of affairs in
sist that climatic conditions will
have to he ignored and cun
Kec no other reason for furthcrljiy
I am tpld that a few wfcwkS ago
the ontire army Which U to yo to
Cuba had only 10000000 rouiyfw of
cartridges at its disposal This
amount of ammunition considering
the size of the army would be in
sufficient to carry on a long cam
paign At the present time how
ever the army is well supplied
with both arms and ammunition
It is believed in the Navy Depart
ment that Admiral Cerveras fleet
will be either completely destroyed
or driven away from Cuban waters
within the next week Secretary
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PRIOE 2 CENTS
MR HOWELL HURT
A Rib Broken and His Right
Lung Perforated
Alger going upon this theory is TTnn AViiiinm i TTmn
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Goes to Nashville
Mr William B Necley left on the
513 train yesterday for Nashville
where he has become interested in
animportant manufacturing enter
prise Mr Neeley has been en
gaged in the practice of law here
for more than a year past He is a
graduate of Cumberland Universi
ty and a young man of splendid
business qualifications and high
character Mr Nceleys protes
sional brethren regret to see him
abandon the law in which profes
sion he had excellent prospects
Their best wishes however will
follow him to his new field No
young man in this qity haaagreuter
number of loyal friends
Fell From A Buggy Last Night
Accident a Very Seri
ous One
uiuKiug uvury jn epiirinon io nive i monwcaicn s attorney met with a
about 70000 men ready to leave
Key West for Cuba upon short rio
tice
I understand on the btst authori
ty that if the American ileet does
not meet the ileet of Admiral Cer
vera within the next seven days
the Administration will not any
longer delay the army of invasion
There is no longer any fear re
garding the Oregon She is out of
the danger zone and will put into
Key West within the next twenty
four hours for coal when she will
hasten to join Rear Admirai Samp
sons ileet
In anticipation of her arrival a
large amount of stores have been
collected at Key West so that by
Tuesday evening at the latest
she will be ready to join Rear Ad
miral Sampson
With the Oregon attached to the
North Atlantic Squadron we will
have on hand a force which can de
feat the entire Spanish naval force
in the Atlantic ocean
The authorities do not believe
that Spain will send her home
squadron to the Philippines The
sailing order whichitissaidhavcre
ceived require it to come west it is
believed and join forces with Ad
miral Cerveras ileets
If this be true than the officials
expect that Admiral Cervera will
carry on a waiting policy avoid
ing battle with the armorclads of
this Government as he can do in
view of the speed of his ships pre
venting the dispatch of an army of
invasion by menacing the troop
ships and appearing at points
where necessity will compel the
dispatch of armor clads and play
ing in general a hide-and-seek
game until he is re enforced
Cars of Cavalry Horses
A train of thirteen cars of hand
some cavalry horses destined for
the war went through this city
yesterday afternoon They were
from the Northwest and will be
used by bodies of Dakota and Iowa
cavalrymen who had preceded
them to the seat of war passing
through here Sunday
Mrs Mary Morriss Death
Mrs Mary Morris one of the old
est and most highly respected la
dies of this county died Friday at
her home in the western portion of
the county near the Caldwell line
She was ninety one years of age at
the time of her death Mrs Morris
was an excellent Christian woman
and beloved by all who had ever
known her during her long and use
ful life Mrs Morris leaves five
children forty one grand children
and twenty four great grand chil
dren The body was buried Sun
day at the family burying ground
near Pleasant Green church
serious and perhaps fatal accident
at 9 oclock last night
Mr and Mrs Howell Mrs Mary
C Bennett widow of the late Chief
Justice Bennett who is visiting
Mrs Howell and Mr J C Duffy
Were returning in buggies from the
residence of Mr George V Green
where they were guests at tea Mr
and Mrs Howell were driving in
front of the other buggies Shortly
after leaving Mr Greens gate
and while driving on the pike in the
direction of the city Mr Howell at
tempted to change se its with his
wife The horse was going at a
moderate pace and he thought that
he could shift his position while the
vehicle was in motion He unfortu
nately lost his balance and fell up
on one of the wheels of the vehicle
His right side struck the wheel
with great force He fell to the
ground breathless but soon rallied
sufficiently to get into the buggy
He was suffering great pain but
did not think that he was seriously
injured The jolting of the buggy
aggravated his suffering and be
fore proceeding far he told his wife
that he would walk home as walk
ing was much less painful
When Mr Howell arrived at his
home on East Seventh street he
was utterly exhausted and still
suffering greatly Dr Stites was
at once summoned An examina
tion showed that one of the ribs in
his right side had been broken and
nad penetrated the lung The in-
jury received skillful attention but
Mr Howell was still suffering
great pain at a late hour last night
n ij
riis condition is not regarded as
critical but should pneumonia re
sult from i the perforated lung the
clances for his recovery will be
doubtful In any event hewillbe con
fined to his bed for several weeks
Mr Howell had the forethought
only last week to have his accident
policy renewed
The news of his misfortune will
be received with theprofoundest re
gret by hi 5 many friends here and
throughout the district
MANY APPLICANTS
Examination of Applicants For
Teachers Certificates Closed
The examination of white appli
cants for teachers certificates was
completed by the board on Satur
day There were thirty four appli
cants in all nine males and twenty
live ladies
It will be several days before the
board can complete the examina
tion of the papers and announce the
result as this is the most difficult
and tedious feature in connection
with the work The board consists
of the County Superintendent Prof
A C Kuykendall of South Ken
tucky College and Mr L McCart
ney principal of the City Schools
This is the latters first term of tier
vice on the board he having been
appointed to fill the vacancy creat
ed by Mr W T Fowlers resigna
tion Mr Fowler had served sev
eral years and made a most effici
ent member
Airs Jacobus Snug
Mrs Beckey Levy Jacobus of
Nahhville who is here on a visit to
h6r mother Mrs FleureUo Levy
sang a solo at Grace church Sun
day which was appreciated and
complimented by a large number of
competent judges Her selection
was the beautiful poem of Miss
Careys One Sweetly Solemn
Thought rendered into music by
Daux Mrs Jacobus js a great fa i
vorite wtth the music Ipvers of tu
city
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